The East Palace is about to have a lord from the palace to the official office, from the official office to the mansions, from the mansions to the people, but in a day or two, this has become the hottest news in the entire capital, there is no one. And for the four mountain chiefs who were summoned by the Son of Heaven once and lectured once, this sudden news was like a thunderstorm that heralded spring.

The third prince is a popular candidate to enter the East Palace, everyone guessed it, but what no one guessed was that the emperor did not drag on the East Palace like in the previous years, but suddenly made a thunderous decision.

Therefore, the three mountain chiefs who had occasionally gathered a few days ago - the eccentric Hong Shanchang had been excluded from the circle by the other three early days - but they had no time to drink tea and talk together in the past two days. Some people are stuffy in the house and don't go out, as if they are thinking about countermeasures; Some people go out every day and see customers every day; There are also people who receive several visiting students every day.

Seeing that others were busy every day, although the Hong family, who had already seen Chu Kuan once, was quite calm, but seeing her father Hong Shanchang's increasingly irritable appearance, she knew that her father was probably regretting his straightforward request to return home in front of the emperor.

Fame and fortune, maybe my father really doesn't care so much, but if he can become a prince, if he can let the future son of heaven grow up under his own teaching, and in the future, after ascending the throne, he will implement some decrees that he advises, then it will be an irresistible temptation for his father!

But others didn't know, but she heard clearly from Chu Kuan's mouth that the emperor was so annoyed with her self-righteous father Hong Shanchang that it was impossible to keep his father behind. And when Chu Kuan released that big incense bait to her, the third prince was still the third prince, but now that the third prince is about to become the crown prince, even she herself feels that there is little hope of realizing Chu Kuan's promise.

At this moment, Hong was personally sorting out the cage on the orders of his father, but he heard a bang, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that Hong Shanchang had already dropped the book in his hand. If it was normal, she would have gone up to persuade her, but now she is really too lazy to move, because she has persuaded too much, and she is tired. The next moment, she heard a knock on the door.

"Lady Hong, Princess Yongping sent a post inviting you to Yuehua Tower."

Hong couldn't help but jump in his heart, and instinctively turned his head sideways to look at Hong Shanchang. The last time she went out, the post she received was that Yuehualou met, and she was not well-known, and at that time, her father who learned about this incident criticized Princess Yongping Si Chen, and hated Yuehualou Wenhui even more. knew that she was not invited by Princess Yongping, but she couldn't reveal it yet.

However, the post sent this time was directly signed by Princess Yongping, and it couldn't be Chu Kuan's trick anymore.

She thought that her father would oppose and complain, but what she saw was a face that was instantly stiff and expressionless. So, she hurried to the door and opened it, and when she saw the waiter who delivered the letter with a smile on his face, she nodded her head in thanks, but carefully avoided her father's gaze, and took out a handful of money as a reward.

When the people left satisfied, Hong couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw that the time of the post happened to be today, and quickly turned around and came to his father and explained the matter in a whisper. As a result, she thought that she would have to make sense with a lot of words, but Hong Shanchang easily agreed, but his tone was still a little stiff.

"Go and go, after all, you are the princess hand-picked by the Queen Mother, remember to persuade her a little! It's a golden branch and a jade leaf, don't always do this kind of show-off thing! ”

Seeing that this time Hong Shanchang finally didn't mention Si Chen, Hong breathed a sigh of relief, then bent his knees, and then immediately went back to the room to prepare. When she went out with a mother, she learned that the carriage had been prepared outside, and she couldn't help but feel that today's invitation was probably not simple.

She had also inquired about the days of the Yuehualou Cultural Conference before, and she clearly remembered that it was not today. Sure enough, when the carriage finally stopped at Yuehua's downstairs, she bent down from the car door without opening the curtains all the way, and before she could stand firmly, she heard a crisp call: "Hong Niangzi." ”

When Hong looked up, he saw a brilliant face - red shirt and red dress, golden hairpin and black hair, pearl and jade, looking forward to Shenfei, smiling and smiling, but not Zhu Ying?

Although she herself is mediocre in appearance, she was ridiculed by those beautiful daughters when she was young, and it stands to reason that she has always been the most respectful and distant from such people, but she has only met Zhu Ying once, but she feels that in front of this Miss Zhu, her nerves that have been tense since entering Beijing can be very relaxed.

Because as long as you sincerely compliment her on her beauty and vision, Zhu Ying will immediately be in a happy mood and treat you as her own. As for whether Zhu Ying can see if it is not sincere, the Hong family does not want to try it at all.

She called out to Miss Zhu with a smile, and then saw someone step forward and hold her hand. Remembering the last time she was in the capital, Zhu Ying came in a hurry, but after a few words with her, she turned annoyed to joy, and she also dragged her hand to see the Queen Mother in Qingning Palace, she only felt that such a straightforward girl was really cute, and she didn't break free at the moment, but just walked forward with people.

"Isn't it Princess Yongping who invited me today, but you, the eldest lady?"

"Guess?"

Zhu Ying turned around and raised her eyebrows at the Hong family with a smile, and when she saw that people were a little confused, she smiled and said, "Of course I won't invite you in the name of Yongping, she is here, but there are others." You have to prepare well, today may be a big test. ”

Hearing the word big exam, Hong's heart suddenly beat twice. She made up her mind, and then said with a smile: "I'm just an ordinary woman, accompanying the princess to read poetry, what else do you need to test?" Could it be that the eldest lady's wishful husband came to test me personally? I'm not as gifted as him, and I don't know anything about those calculations. ”

As if she didn't notice anything, she laughed with Zhu Ying, until she went up the stairs to the third floor, and she saw Zhang Shou standing against the railing with a young boy in one hand, pointing downstairs.

Although Zhang Shou was just wearing a very ordinary cyan robe today, there was no gold and jade on Zhou's body, and there was also a pair of ordinary cloth shoes on her feet, but she unconsciously took a few more looks, and her eyes immediately fell on the young girl who was like a hollow valley orchid. There is no doubt that it is Princess Yongping.

Finding that the emperor did not come, the Hong family, who was just pretending to be calm, suddenly became reassured. Although she was ordered by the Queen Mother to serve Princess Yongping a few days ago, the matter of women's learning has not yet begun, and although she said that she expressed gratitude and asked to see the princess, there has been no response to this matter, so this is the first time she has seen Princess Yongping.

Seeing that Zhu Ying stepped forward and personally introduced her to Princess Yongping, she had no choice but to step forward and curtsy. However, unlike the daughters she had seen before who were obviously jealous and hated her, but would still make a cordial and courteous attitude in front of her, Princess Yongping was not enthusiastic about her, but just bowed her head slightly and said: "The name of Hong Niangzi, I have been famous for a long time. ”

And after Princess Yongping simply said hello, she looked sideways at Zhang Shoudao, who led the third prince over: "Dr. Zhang, Guozijian You've already seen it, this is my younger brother, the third prince Zheng Rong." You should also know that before long, he will be the prince of the East Palace. ”

"Third Sister ......"

The third prince screamed in embarrassment, wanting to explain it well, but suddenly felt that he had no way to explain. At this moment, just as Zhang Shou patted him on the back from behind, he tried his best to show the most generous attitude.

"Hong Niangzi, I heard people say that you are not only filial piety, but also brilliant, and you are the most famous filial piety and talented woman in Jiangxi. But I listened to Hong Shanchang's lecture in Guozi that day, and I only thought it was a bit old-fashioned, could it be that I was too superficial? ”

Hong was secretly awe-inspiring. Is this a question that Zhang Shou and Princess Yongping gave to the three princes, or did the three princes come up with it themselves? If the third prince came up with it himself, this young prince was not as obscure as the rumors were at all, gentle to the point of even a little timid, and people actually had their own ideas!

Therefore, she quickly thought for a moment, and then replied calmly: "If the third prince wants the concubine to evaluate the quality of his father's lectures, then the concubine will probably disappoint you." My father talked about the way of the sages, and the way of the sages was originally close to the unchanging principle between heaven and earth, and many great Confucians worked hard all their lives just to make everyone close to reason. ”

She paused, but then changed her words and said: "The concubine knows that she is stupid, so although the subset of scriptures and histories is quite dabbling, she has tasted it shallowly, let alone reasoned. The concubines were most interested in the miscellaneous subjects of the last stream that were despised by the scholars. Fortunately, the emperor opened the astronomical ban, and the concubine was able to run in many ways to rescue a student of Yuzhang Academy who was polishing crystal stargazing from prison. ”

"Trying to stargaze?" The third prince's eyes widened, and his face was full of curiosity and excitement and asked, "Instead of using your eyes, you polish crystals to gaze at the stars?" What kind of crystal, is it the kind of crystal that the teacher said, the kind of lens that is flat at both ends and thick in the middle? The teacher seems to have said that it is called a convex lens......"

Seeing that the third prince looked at him as he spoke, Zhang Shou couldn't help laughing.

He looked at the surprised Hong, and said lightly: "There used to be a class in the Mid-Levels Hall, which could be called nature or physics. I recently wrote the corresponding textbook, but I haven't had time to print it yet, but the manuscript was given to the teacher and Mr. Chu and Mr. Qi to read, and there is an entry about convex lenses on it. ”

Zhang Shou deliberately mentioned the principle of light propagation concisely, and then unsurprisingly saw Zhu Ying and Princess Yongping frowning in unison - the eldest lady has always had a headache in mathematics, science and liberal arts, and is probably only good at all sports subjects including martial arts, and Princess Yongping is obviously a liberal arts tyrant and a scumbag in science, so he naturally took this paragraph quickly.

When he saw that Hong's expression was obviously a little headache, instead of understanding it, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he really didn't guess wrong, although Hong's characteristics are different from ordinary women, but obviously, people are not countless goldfingers in the body.

And with Zhang Shou's explanation, the third prince no longer asked the Hong family what he thought of Hong Shanchang's lectures, but curiously asked the student of Yuzhang Academy about stargazing.

And Zhang Shou heard from the side that Hong didn't know where he got a notebook, so he gave it to a student of Yuzhang Academy who liked miscellaneous subjects, and this rich kid actually made a simple machine for grinding lenses by himself, and then polished a simple convex lens, and even ignited a fire!

Then, this rich kid who must have been ridiculed by the people of the time as "idle eggs", and according to the notes, he used a wooden tube with a telescope to go out to watch the stars! This is good, people happened to observe a certain astronomical phenomenon, shouted everywhere, but after the incident, he was told by the enemy and went to prison, he had to sigh, not that the ancient Chinese were not capable enough, but that knowledge was monopolized.

Because things like astronomy and mathematics are all officially banned from folk research by the imperial court, what else can readers read if they don't read the books of sages? What can he say about a student with strong curiosity and stronger hands-on ability to be observed in prison because of stargazing?

Zhang Shou immediately said the next moment: "Where is this student of Yuzhang Academy now?" Before, Yue Shanchang suggested that the emperor recruit talents who are proficient in arithmetic and astronomy in the world, although he was a little reckless, but he is still a talent. ”

The third prince nodded again and again and agreed: "The teacher is right, this person is indeed an interesting talent!" "It's a good match with the fourth brother!

Hong saw that the third prince naturally took Zhang Shou's hand, the two seemed to be very close, and the third prince's echo was so natural, so she immediately understood what Chu Kuan said to her in his heart - the third prince really admired Zhang Shou too much, and it was like father and son, and in the long run, it was not conducive to the society.

Although she didn't have the heart to solve problems for Chu Kuan, she had just realized Princess Yongping's cold attitude towards her, so she naturally had a scale in her heart. At that moment, she smiled without thinking: "If the Third Prince and Dr. Zhang want to see this person, then I will send someone to deliver a letter." He was extremely disappointed in the Jiangxi government, and his family blamed him for causing trouble, and he had already gone to Beijing to find a way out. ”

"He set off after our convoy and now lives at the Hu Family Inn in Beicheng. He seemed to have brought a lot of money with him when he came out, so he chartered an entire side courtyard of the inn. ”

"His surname is Yang, and his name is Zhan. The seventh in the family, the brothers above are either out of office, or in business, or in business, or in business, and the family business he inherited is enough for him to eat for the rest of his life, so he has always done his own thing, and this time he is also saying that he will go. ”

Hearing that this was another young man in secondary school who ran away from home, Zhang Shou was immediately angry and funny. He let go of the hand that had just held the third prince, went straight to the staircase, and called Ah Liu in a loud voice. Seeing that the young man almost appeared in sight, he said with a smile: "Ah Liu, there is work to do, you go to the Hu Family Inn and invite Yang Qilang and Yang Zhan over." Remember, yes please! ”

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